Kathmandu, June 7 (RSS): The Loktatrantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP) today submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba putting forth 11-point demands.
A team led by party Chairperson
Mahanta Thakur reached the official residence of the Prime Minister at
Baluwatar and submitted the memo.
The memo demands to issue
citizenship certificates to the children of parents having citizenship by birth
as well as to withdraw cases filed against party leaders and cadres.
Leaders including Rajendra Mahato,
Sharat Singh Bhandari, and Laxman Lal Karna were on the team.
Receiving the memo, PM Deuba said
that the government was positive towards the demands of the party and
initiative would be taken for its implementation, said leader Karna quoting the
Prime Minister.
He shared, "We submitted the
memo to the Prime Minister. He was positive towards our demands. He has
expressed commitment to implementing it. We are confident that the incumbent
government will implement it."
The LSP has called the attention of the
government demanding the immediate implementation and addressing the demands
that it had been raising in the past and the agreements and understanding
reached with various governments before this.
The memorandum, among other things,
calls for withdrawing the cases against the leaders and cadres participating in
the Madhes-Tharuhat movements and releasing from jail Resham Chaudhary and
other 'political prisoners'.
LSP has called for amending the
constitution for securing the respect, identity, and rights of the oppressed
communities such as Madhesi, Tharu, indigenous nationalities, Shilpi (Dalits), women, and Muslims among others.
Likewise, the party demanded the adoption of the principle of proportional allocation of budget by the
three-tier government, making public the report of the Lal Commission and
implementing the agreements reached with the United Democratic Madhesi
Front in the past.
The memorandum also calls for
ensuring that the election will be conducted in a free, fair, and credible
environment, providing fertilizer to the farmers, reduction of disaster risk,
managing the resettlement of the displaced people, and providing land to the
landless, oppressed communities with priority.